Jackson County has been well-represented in N-S Classic

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Jun 19, 2014 at 9:04 AMJun 19, 2014 at 9:11 AM

MARK MARTIN

CHARLESTON – Need a football fix?UC Stadium will have just what you are looking for on Saturday night.At 7 p.m., the annual WCHS-TV/FOX 11 North-South All-Star Football Classic unfolds.The game will have 74 of the state’s top high school senior football players in action.

The South squad will include Ripley wide receiver Kade Harrison (look for a story on Harrison in Saturday’s edition of The Weekender), a Class AAA First Team All-State selection in 2013.Since the classic’s rebirth in 1976, Jackson County has been represented in all but three games.Four head coaches from Jackson County have served as the top leaders in the annual Classic. Ravenswood’s Fred Taylor led the South Cardinals in the 1988 contest. Ripley’s Frank Marino was the head coach of the North Bears in the 1990 showdown. Jimmy Frashier of Ripley guided the Bears in 2010 while Ravenswood’s Dick Sturm was the North’s head coach in 2011.

From 1976-1989, Jackson County players were a part of the South. Restructuring of the boundaries due to consolidation around the state shifted Ravenswood and Ripley to the North starting with the 1990 contest that had Marino as the head coach.Ravenswood and Ripley moved back to the South starting with last year’s game.Four Jackson County players have garnered North Most Valuable Player honors in the game – Ravenswood’s Ryan Ward and Chip Donohoe in 1996 and 1997, respectively, along with Ripley’s Jeff McCoy in 2003 and Parker Deem in 2006.

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